Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas

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Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas
Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas cover
Studio album by Therion
Released 1993
Recorded December 1992 - January 1993
The Montezuma Studio
Genre Experimental death metal
Length 37:25
Label Megarock Records
MRR 002
Nuclear Blast (reedition)
NB 579-2
Producer(s) Rex Gisslén, Therion
Professional reviews
Therion chronology
Beyond Sanctorum
(1992)
Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas
(1993)
Lepaca Kliffoth
(1995)


Alternate cover
The Early Chapters of Revelation reedition cover
The Early Chapters of Revelation reedition cover

Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas (sometimes shortened to Ho Drakon Ho Megas) is the third full-length album by Swedish band Therion. The album was re-released by Nuclear Blast in 2000 as part of Therion's The Early Chapters of Revelation box-set. Track list was unchanged.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Baal Reginon" – 2:10
  2. "Dark Princess Naamah" – 4:18
  3. "A Black Rose (Covered with Tears, Blood and Ice)" – 4:00
  4. "Symphoni Drakonis Inferni" – 2:32
  5. "Dawn of Perishness" – 5:51
  6. "The Eye of Eclipse" – 5:00
  7. "The Ritualdance of the Yezidis" – 2:07
  8. "Powerdance" – 3:05
  9. "Procreation of Eternity" – 4:04
  10. "Ho Drakon Ho Megas"
Act 1: "The Dragon Throne" – 1:26
Act 2: "Fire and Ecstasy" – 2:52

[edit] Japanese edition

Japanese edition released in December 21, 1995 contains following bonus tracks:

  • "Enter the Voids"
  • "Beyond Sanctorum" (demo)
  • "Symphony of the Dead" (demo)

The demo tracks were both recorded in 1991.

[edit] Credits

[edit] Cover design

Cover illustration made by Kristian Wåhlin, photos and design by Mikael P. Eriksson.

[edit] External links

Therion
Christofer Johnsson | Kristian Niemann | Johan Niemann | Petter Karlsson
List of Therion members
Discography
Albums: Of Darkness... | Beyond Sanctorum | Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas | Lepaca Kliffoth | Theli | A'arab Zaraq - Lucid Dreaming | Vovin | Crowning of Atlantis | Deggial | Secret of the Runes | Live in Midgård | Sirius B | Lemuria | Gothic Kabbalah
Compilations and box-sets: Bells of Doom | The Early Chapters of Revelation | Atlantis Lucid Dreaming | Celebrators of Becoming
Singles: "The Beauty in Black" | "The Siren of the Woods" | "Eye of Shiva"
Demos: Paroxysmal Holocaust | Beyond the Darkest Veils of Inner Wickedness | Time Shall Tell
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